Data and code for: Structural Increases in Skill Demand after the Great Recession

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Peter Q. Blair, Harvard University and NBER; David J. Deming, Harvard University and NBER

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Project Citation:

Blair, Peter Q. , and Deming, David J. Data and code for: Structural Increases in Skill Demand after the Great Recession. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2020. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-10-27. https://doi.org/10.3886/E124341V1

Project Description

Summary: In this paper, we use detailed job vacancy data to estimate changes in skill demand in the years since the Great Recession. The share of job vacancies requiring a bachelor's degree increased by more than 60 percent between 2007 and 2019, with faster growth in professional occupations and high-wage cities. Since the labor market was becoming tighter over this period, cyclical "upskilling" is unlikely to explain our findings.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      E24 Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
      E32 Business Fluctuations; Cycles
      I26 Returns to Education
      J23 Labor Demand
      J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
      J63 Labor Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs

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